Hey DGC! For you growers that have had a few seeds out of a batch germinate slower than the others. Have you in your experience found that these are also slower growers or runts? I have experienced slower growth on slower germinating seeds myself and really wonder if there is any correlation between the two.
Does slow germination equal slow growth?
by MyrceneDream | Feb 10, 2020 | Grower Questions | 4 comments
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Not always, no.
Sometimes just a thicker seed coating or other issue preventing the quicker germination. Genetic potential along with environmental conditions determine growth.
Yeah slow germination doesn’t necessarily mean a slow growing plant.
Germination is a very unique part of a plants life, and it can be impacted by all sorts of factors like the thickness of the seed or the moisture in the soil. Slow germination doesn’t necessarily mean a plant will still continue to grow slowly once it gets past that tricky germination stage.
Seems most everyone agrees. I have had seedlings that looked stunted or runts for the first couple of weeks.90% of the time they hit a growth spurt and was unable to tell which was the runt. It could be caused by several things. Some have been mentioned but should also include the tap root could have hit a small air pocket or too tight of growing medium and had to deal with that first. It also could have had a little more water than needed and was drowning a little. Never throw a runt out unless you are dealing with a plant count or it is deformed. Give it a chance and see what happens….